Townsville

The NRL and Queensland Government is reportedly in “crisis talks” to come up with a back up plan for Sunday’s NRL Grand Final which could see the match played at Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium.

With a snap lockdown potentially on the cards, Brisbane Channel Seven reporter Chris Garry believes the NRL are looking at Townsville as an alternate host to Suncorp Stadium. “What a 24 hours in rugby league,

Wallabies fans are well familiar with the idea of dawn. Unfortunately, it’s most often come from more than a few new dawns over the past decade or so petering out into yet another false dawn. And we all know that it’s the darkest and the coldest before the dawn,

SANZAAR and Rugby Australia have apologised to Argentina for an "error" that led to a photo of the Rugby Championship captains, minus Pumas skipper Julian Montoya, being taken in Townsville last week.

All Blacks coach Ian Foster has called on his team to deliver a ‘Grand Slam’ with the first unbeaten run of The Rugby Championship since they achieved the feat in 2017. New Zealand’s come from behind 19-17 defeat of the Springboks in their historic 100th Test on Saturday in Townsville …

Australian coach Dave Rennie still sees plenty to work on after the side secured its first three-match winning streak since 2017.

The All Blacks posted their “ugliest” win with a last-ditch penalty goal as debate raged over the Springboks’ “anti-rugby” DNA in the 100th Test between the two rugby juggernauts in Townsville. Jordie Barrett’s pressure penalty kick less than three minutes from the end gave the All Blacks a hard-fought 19-17 …

The Wallabies are riding a four-year high but that won't stop caoch Dave Rennie getting grumpy as he sinks his teeth further into the rebuilding team.A 27-8 defeat of a plucky Argentina in Townsville on Saturday ensured Australia avoided any banana peel moments for a third-straight Rugby Championship win.

Penrith coach Ivan Cleary is adamant he won’t reignite his war of words with South Sydney’s Wayne Bennett in NRL grand final week. The two mentors engaged in a pre and post-match feud when the Panthers and Rabbitohs met in Townsville in the opening week of the finals.

New Zealand narrowly justified their number one world ranking with a hard-fought 19-17 win over world champions South Africa in Townsville on Saturday to secure the Rugby Championship title with a match to spare.